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Should you focus on only one venue? Or should you move from venue to venue?
This is a question I got from a reader, Ray Clemens, recently. Here are some of my thoughts.
So you want to get more gigs? Right now, you’re playing a handful of shows, not really getting the response that you want, or not playing the places that you’d like. How do you get more gigs?
First thing you need to do: Get an action plan.
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When booking shows, I always get the band that says “Our singer needs to work the next morning, so we need to go on first.”
Here’s my response to this band: Get the fuck out of the music business and stop booking shows.
Blasko and Seth answer 3 questions from Johnathan about starting a new band. We cover getting shows and avoiding pay-to-play. Second, we talk about finding band members. Last, we talk about how to schedule your time with all that pesky social media bugging you.
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Solo acoustic artist, Jesse Terry, talks with Seth about his tactics for funding his album through PledgeMusic and building a successful independent music career.
Jesse’s new album, Empty Seat on a Plane, was funded through PledgeMusic. His promotional strategies have helped get him featured on the main page of CMT.com.
I see this argument about not getting paid from shows pop up all the time, and there is no easy right or wrong answer. But I do have my opinion.
When you are an original music band and you have no fan base, trying to get paid is not your priority. Building a fan base is your priority.
What better way to know how to get booked than to ask a booker? Alana is a booker for the club Conor Byrne in Seattle. The club is about 150 person capacity venue that hosts folk, traditional, Americana, and other such acts.
It’s finally done! Book Your Band! The Booking and Show Promotion Guide is out. This is just a soft launch. The official launch will come a little bit later, but I’m way too excited to wait!
I just played a show where I had an experience that maybe some of you have gone through. Just to let you know, Seattle residents are not known for confrontation. We are known as those that are the perfect people to sit next to on an airplane. We won’t make eye contact, we won’t say a word the whole flight, and we’ll be polite and just read something the whole time.